Is the PC Becoming Irrelevant?

Microsoft's Bill Gates once said his vision for the company he cofounded back in 1975 was to see a PC in every home. Mission accomplished? Certainly not in every country or every single household, but 93 percent of consumers surveyed by Accenture said they owned a computer.

But buying a new PC may no longer be high on consumer's shopping list, according to Accenture. Instead of plunking down their hard-earned cash for a new PC, consumers are looking to a new generation of mobile devices, including smartphones, netbooks and tablets. But moving away from the desktop experience has implications on how we surf the Web, communicate and experience new media. Datamation has the details.

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